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Chapter 305: Chapter 269: Surge in Food Production

    The proportion of British-descdant poption has always remained at a 70%, which is good news for Austrsia and something that Arthur is quite satisfied with.


    Although Austrsia is an op immigration country and theoretically does not exclude any  immigrants from Europe.


    Nevertheless, there are preferces among immigrants. For Austrsia and Arthur, the closest will always be British immigrants, because both Austrsia and Arthur were born in the United Kingdom, and British immigrants are the foundation of governance in Austrsia.


    Secondly, Russian immigrants are, besides British immigrants, the most eptable and governable ethnic group for Austrsia.


    First of all, the marriage betwe the Austrsian royal family and the Russian monarchy brings the two countries closer as fridly inws.


    Additionally, Russian immigrants gerallye from a backg of serfdom, and Russia is an authoritarian country ruled by the Tsar. These Russian immigrants have a higher eptance of monarchism, and ev a majority of them maintain a fond attitude towards it.


    As for the currt secondrgest group of German immigrants in Austrsia, Arthur is not very opposed to them but does not want to introduce too many.


    At least the scale of Russian immigrants should rise to the second ce, which would be a more satisfactory racial ratio for Arthur.


    The reason is quite simple. Although Germany and Austrsia currtly have very good rtions, this is because there are no conflicts of interest betwe them.


    However, Arthur knows that Germany will inevitably stand against the United Kingdom in the future. If there are too many German immigrants in Austrsia, conflicts will surely erupt betwe British immigrants, which Arthur does not want to see and which may threat national stability.


    Moreover, Arthur cannot guarantee that Austrsia can always maintain a fridly rtionship with Germany.


    For example, Arthur would not want to befrid the Third Reich that emerged after the abolition of monarchy after Germany''s defeat in World War I.


    If Arthur is ever pulled onto the Third Reich''s war chariot, it would be a bitter experice.


    However, overall, poption growth is good news for Austrsia. Ev in today''s world, a country with a poption less than  million cannot be called a strong country, and without a poption of more than 50 million, it does not have the qualifications topete with the powers.


    If you look closely at every powerful country in the world, each one has a vast territory and arge poption.


    Resources,nd area, and poption are major factors limiting a country''s developmt. For Austrsia, the only limitation is the poption.


    This is why Arthur is eagerly anticipating the poption to rise to  million or ev ts of millions. By th, what kind of pottial will Austrsia unleash?


    Currtly, the state-level administrative region with thergest poption in Austrsia is Victoria State, with a total poption of ,399,795. New South Wales State is not far behind, with a total poption of ,396,487.


    As the capital and only city in the Capital Territory with a poption exceeding  million, Sydney currtly has a total poption of ,94,594.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Apart from these three state-level administrative regions, the only state with a poption exceeding  million is South Australia State, with a total poption of ,5,487.


    The neighboring West Australian State has also reached a poption of 864,679. The construction of the Leonora Industrial Base has prompted the governmt to transport arge number of immigrants to these two states.


    This is the real reason why the poption growth in southeastern Australia has gradually slowed down, as arge number of immigrants have be transported to West Australia State and South Australia State,ying the gwork for the construction of their industrial bases.


    It is conservatively estimated that, before the initialpletion of the Leonora Industrial Base, the poptions of South Australia State and West Australia State will reach .3 million and  million respectively, fully meeting the initial demand for workers andbor in the industrial zones.


    By the time the industrial zones are trulypleted a 96, the poptions of South Australia State and West Australia State may ev reach over .5 million and . million respectively,pletely revitalizing these areas.


    Compared with the sev regions in Australia, New Zend''s poption seems to be much smaller. The currt poption of North New Zend State is about 90,000, while that of South New Zend is about 570,000. Besides the more populous North New Zend, the poption of South New Zend is the smallest among therger states.


    In terms of cities, Sydney is currtly the most populous city, followed by Melbourne, with a poption of over 870,000. At prest, apart from the capitals of the two colonies and Tasmania''s Hobart, the capital cities of other states have poptions of more than 0,000.


    ording to intelligce from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, there are a total of 3 cities with poptions over 0,000 throughout Austrsia, more than half of which are located in southeastern Australia.


    This highlights the currt developmt status of Austrsia: the most important region of Austrsia is Australia, and the most important region of Australia is the southeastern region.


    Although the poption has expericed significant growth, the per capita ie of Austrsia has not be affected and has ev expericed growth.


    ording to the report from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, by January 9, the per capita annual ie of Austrsia was nearly 47 Australian dors, and the per capita annual ie of the Australian region ev reached as high as 48 Australian dors.


    The New Zend region was not far behind, with per capita annual ie of about 44 Australian dors, far exceeding the per capita ie of the two colonies, which was 6 Australian dors.


    Arthur had no doubt about the growth of per capita annual ie because the deposit information of Austrsian people in the Royal Bank, which he controlled, had shown that their savings had be increasing more and more in rect years. Didn''t everyone''s family have a hundred or two hundred in savings?


    Of course, the growth of the economy was also reflected in the governmt''s finances.


    Throughout 909, the total fiscal revue of the Kingdom of Austrsia was about 54,50,000 Australian dors, an increase of 8 million Australian dorspared to 908, and the first time it had exceeded 50 million Australian dors.


    Inparison, total fiscal expditure reached as high as 49 million Australian dors, an increase of 6 million Australian dorspared to 908, which included some military expses and expses of other governmt departmts.


    For the first time in 909, Austrsia''s total military expditure exceeded 9 million Australian dors, which was due to the various tests and maintance costs after thepletion of the battleship. In addition, the corresponding training of naval officers and m also meant that military expditure growth was normal.


    More importantly, despite the crazy growth in various expditures, Austrsia''s finances surprisingly maintained a surplus, which was good news for both the treasury and governmt developmt.


    ording to the regtions rted to the royal funds, in 909 the royal family received 54,500 Australian dors from the governmt, which was used to maintain the operation of the royal family and the royal pce, as well as to serve as special funds for the royal family.


    The provision that the royal family would receive % of the total governmt fiscal revue as royal special funds had already existed during the Australian period, but the ie th amounted to only ts of thousands of pounds.


    This also meant that no officials or members of parliamt would object to the royal family taking more than 500,000 Australian dors from the treasury at the momt.


    After all, wh the country was in crisis, the amount of funds the royal family received was small. Now, this over 500,000 Australian dors was what the royal family deserved. Moreover, Arthur''s daily private input in Austrsia''s civil affairs and various policies far exceeded this amount.


    Currtly, the avable funds in Austrsia''s treasury have reached a terrifying 30 million Australian dors, which ev made Arthur feel like he couldn''t spd it all.


    However, Arthur quickly eliminated this idea because he knew that the cost of war was ormous.


    For example, it took a long time for old powers such as the United Kingdom and France, which upied arge number of colonies, to recover after World War I.


    It is important to note that, as top powers, the United Kingdom and France could each make huge profits from their colonies every year, something that Austrsia could never imagine.


    Yet ev these profits nearly failed to cover the costs of World War I, let alone the currt state of Austrsia, where revues have only just moved into surplus.


    The developmt of agriculture in Austrsia is also couraging news. At prest, the total cultivatednd area in Australia has reached 9,953,95 acres, and the averagend area per capita remains a .3 acres.


    It was precisely because of the increase in arablend that the food production of Austrsia reached a record high in 909, reaching about 8.9 million tons.


    Yes, the growth in food production was dramatic, with total output increasing by nearly  million tonspared to two years earlier in 907, although the total area of arablend had only increased by slightly less than  million acres.


    The real reason for the massive increase in food production was that agricultural machinery, such as tractors, had begun to be widely used in some agricultural areas in New Guinea and Austrsia.


    Furthermore, the construction and production of agricultural chemical nts and fertilizer processing nts had gradually increased Austrsia''s grain yield per acre, ev effectively approaching that of European grain production.


    Currtly, the food production of the New Guinea colony has exceeded  million tons, ounting for % of the total food production of Austrsia.


    Thanks to the continuous increase in food production in various regions, Austrsia''s strategic food reserves have reached  million tons, ough to feed all Austrsian people for one year.


    At prest, the annual total consumption of food in Austrsia is about  million tons. In 909, Austrsia exported a total of 5 million tons of food, which was sold to Europe, America, and some powerful colonies.


    Old powers like the United Kingdom and France basically have a certain degree of cooperation with Austrsia.


    Whether it is grain or meat products, Austrsia is one of the suppliers and has a significant share in the markets of these two powerful countries.


    Thanks to the geographical vironmt of Oceania that is more suitable for grazing, Oceania beef and mutton, or rather Australian beef and mutton, has gained a notable reputation, which is the currt achievemt of Austrsia''s animal husbandry industry.
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